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The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook 2e

By Kate Spreadbury and Rachel Hubbard

The second edition of this best-selling book continues to provide an essential guide to best practice in adult safeguarding. It includes recent legislation, guidance and research-based developments and relates them to practice examples.

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The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook

By Kate Spreadbury and Rachel Hubbard

This essential practical guide to best practice in adult safeguarding enables students and practitioners to develop the skills, knowledge and ethical awareness to confidently address the challenges of adult safeguarding across a wide-range of practice contexts.

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Adult lives

A life course perspective

Edited by Jeanne Katz, Sheila Peace and Sue Spurr

'Adult Lives' is a diverse collection of readings from all stages of life which aim to understand how those living and working together in an ageing society relate to each other. It uses a holistic approach to understanding ageing in adulthood that is applicable to all, including those developing policy and in practice.

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50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

Edited by James Treadwell and Adam Lynes

This exciting book presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal justice policy in Britain. Offering thought-provoking insights into the study of crime, this fascinating “go to” book reveals the myths and realities of crime in contemporary Britain.

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